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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Smiliini » Cyrtolobus
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Treehopper - Cyrtolobus
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Treehopper - Cyrtolobus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 10, 2009
For a hopper, this little guy does more power walking than hopping.
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 12 May, 2009 - 5:00pm
Last updated 28 May, 2023 - 9:27am

Moved
Moved from Cyrtolobus fenestratus.
… Solomon Hendrix, 28 May, 2023 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

Cyrtolobus...
This is Cyrtolobus fenestratus. Because treehoppers have basically no defensive systems, they are very appealing to predators like birds and other insects, so they try very hard to not be noticed by resembling parts of trees. They inch along slowly also trying not to be noticed. When they feel threatened, they will hop away, but even then reluctantly.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/35656
… Ross Hill, 14 May, 2009 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Can't Wait
Thanks. I can't wait to find a Platycotis vittata
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